| Synonyms: |
Meloneura purpurea Raf. Melonura striatula (Sm.) Barnhart |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
For descriptions see World Flora Online |
| Type location: |
Sierra Leone |
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| Habitat: | Among mosses on trees and rocks inforest, often close to waterfalls. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Cameroon, Gabon, Chad, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Ethiopia, Socotra and Oman. Also widespread in tropical Asia. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22 SANBI, Pretoria Page 110. Meerts, P. et al. (2026). A checklist of the vascular plants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PhytoKeys 277 Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 153. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 72. Taylor, P. (1972). Lentibulariaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire - Rwanda - Burundi) Jardin Botanique National de Belgique Pages 32 - 34. (Includes a picture). Taylor, P. (1988). Lentibulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(3) Pages 25 - 26. |